[GLLUG] DVD+RW recommendations

[John Lewis]

I've used ASUS optical drives from Newegg for years with no problems at all.


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On Behalf Of Charles Ulrich
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 4:35 PM
To: Stanley C. Mortel
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] DVD+RW recommendations

Lite-On, Samsung, and LG burners generally get pretty good reviews and
are also among the cheapest available unless you want some new
whiz-bang feature. My workstation has a Lite-On DVD-RW that's speedy,
quiet, and hasn't given any problems. I bought it a year or two ago to
replace a SCSI Plextor CD-RW. (The Plextor drive never went bad, but
Linux support for the SCSI controller kept degrading until I couldn't
use optical drives with it anymore.)

Charles

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Stanley C. Mortel <mortel at cyber-nos.com>
wrote:
> I'm looking for a good DVD burner for use on a linux server for backups to
>  go off-site.  So many of them seem to be junk.  In the past I've had good
>  luck with Plextor, but it seems they no longer manufacture them and are
>  selling rebranded pioneer units.  The only one I've found that doesn't
have
>  mixed reviews (as in lots of bad ones) is an LG SATA model that is almost
$300.
>
>  So, anyone have a recommendation based on real world experience for
>  something that can still be bought new, and that works well with
>  Linux?  Thanks in advance.
>
>  Stan
>
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